Conveyer.



F. REED L S. L. INGE.

CONVEYER.

APPLICATION HLE'D Auc.29. 1911.

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FRED REED Iill) SAM L. hll'l-E, BISBEIE, Alitlldllilalt.,

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

' ratentea not. a, lala Application filed August 29, 191.7.' Serial No. 188,803.

To all Iwhom, it may concern.'

Be it known that we, linnn Renn and SAM li. liscia, citizens ot the United States, resid ing,` at Bisbee, in the county of Cochise and State ot Arizona, have invented a new and useful Conveyer, ot" which the following is a specification.

rl`he device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted to be employed in a mine for loading cars with loose material, and one object of the invention is to provide a device of this kind which will operate in a satisfactory manner in places where the vertical space or headroom is limited. l

Another object ot the invention is to provide novel means whereby the carrier is operated and dumped.

A further object of .the invention. isto provide novel means whereby, when the can rier is adnfanced5 a hood at the front of the carrier will be raised, the hood constituting1 means for preventing the loose material trom sliding out ot the carrier when the carrier is retracted along an inclined skid.

With the above and other objects in View which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement or" parts and in the details ot construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being` understood that changes-J` in the precise embodiment of the in'- vention herein disclosed can be made Within the fcope ot what is claimed, Without departing trom the spirit ot the invention.

lin the drawings lligure 1 is a diagrammatic side elevation showing a conveyer constructed in accordance with the present invention;

llig. E2 is a diagrammatic top plan Wherein the track is omitted;

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic side elevation showing the carrier advanced toward the material, the carrier being in dumping position in Fig. l.

lThe/letter K designates the loor ol. a mine yand the breast appears at L. The loose material to be removed is shown at O. A track P is mounted on the floor K of the mine and is adapted to be traversed by mine cars A.'

The letter Q: marks a lskid comprising rails, each rail including an inclined part C resting on the floor K of the mine, and a horizontal part B supported on the cars A.,

constituent rails cl" the skid may be united by braces lt, the horizontal parts B ot the rails being provided with stops E.

- rllhe letter l) designates a carrier which may be in the form of a scoop provided on its bottom with a shoe 50 adapted to traverse the floor l of the mine and to be received between the rails of the skid Q, vto h old the carrier D thereon When the carnrior is retracted. The bottom oit the carrier D is supplied with shoulders S adapted to engage the stops E to .elect a dumping of the carrier when the same is retracted. The carrier D may have rearwardly projecting` handles T for guiding the carrier into the loose material O when the carrier is advanced. A hood U extends across the liront of Athe carrier and is pivoted to the sides of the carrier as shown at V. il bail "W is attached to the, lower edge of the hood ll. i roller X is journaled on the upper edge' ot the hood U at the front ot the carrier D. il rearwardly extended bail 'Y is pivoted at Z to the carrier D.

A support l ot' any desired kind is located near the breast L and carries a sheave J. The numeral F denotes a reversible operating member, which may be a drum. A flexible element G is trained around the sheave J, one end of the flexible element. beingunited by means ot a hook N or otherwise with the bail `W Which forms a part ot the hood U. @ne end of a flexible element ll is attached by means of a hook ll/l or in any other suitable Way to the bail Y which is pivoted to the carrierD. The tlexible elements G and I-l are Wound in opposite directions about the drum F.

Let it be supposed that the flexible element G is under tension, as shown in Fig..

.3. Then the carrier B is advanced into the loose material O and the hood U is raised. TWhen the exible element H is put under tension, as shown in Fig. l, the flexible element G is slaeked away and the hood U is permitted to drop. This prevents the loose material in the carrier from sliding out of the carrierivhen the carrier is re tracted by the flexible element H into the position of Fig. l. The shoulders S on the carrier D ultimately engage the stops E 'on the skid Q and, under the pull exerted by the flexible element H, the carrier is tilted and its load isdumped into one ol. the cars il.

This devine herein disclosed embodies a Sli simple but eliicient means whereby a car can be loaded with loose material in mine Working, or in any other place Where head room is. limited. 'j 5 Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is l f 1. In -a device of the class described, an inclined skid having 'a stop; a carrier adapted to -traverse the. skid and to engage the stop; a hood extended across the front of the carrier and pivoted to the carrier; a iii-st iexible element extended rearwardly from tliecarrier and constituting means for retracting the carrier onto the skid into en- 11.5 gageinent with the stop thereby to eii'ect a dumping. of the carrier; a directionschang# ing idler; a second flexible element trained about the idler, one end of the second flexible element being connected to the hood and constituting means vfor advancing the carrier andfor raising the hood; land means y for operating the flexibleelements.

. 2. In a device ofthe class described, an inclined skid having a stop and comprising Y spaced'rails; a carrier adap'ted'to traverse the skid and to `engage the stop, the carrier having a slioe received between the rails ol' the skid; a hood extended across the iront of the carrier and pivoed to'the carrier; a first flexible element extended rearwardly 80 from the carrier and constituting means for retracting the carrier onto the skid into engagement With the stop thereby to eliieet a dumping of the carrier; a direction-changing idler; a second flexible element irainel about the idler, one end of the second {lexible element being connected to the hood and constituting means for advancing the car rier and for raising the hood; and reversible rotary opei'ating means Wlierewith the ilexi A10 ble elements are assembled.

'In testimony that we claim thc foregoing as our oWn, We have hereto aiixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

' FRED lllll).

SAM L. lX'GlC. lVitnesses to Fred Reed:

MASON B. LxwToN, lMaint E jBoNis. Witnesses to Sani L. Inge:

J. IV. HAMPTON, J. M. LYoNs.- 

